BEING THERE
Photographs 1968 ~ 1990
In this retrospective, Linden Hall Studio shows four decades of photographer Michael Bennett’s rich & varied early work.
The Family: (1975, in the collection of V&A Museum), wry, intimate portrait of Bennett’s own family.
People Doing Things: (1977 ~ present day): chronicles the most mundane details of everyday life.
1970’s America: impressions of the the east and west coasts, in evocative monochrome.
Pier Closing Time: ill-fated but later celebrated lament for neglected coastal North Wales. (1979).
Rare vintage silver prints are shown alongside new editions of digitally-restored photographs, some never seen before. Also on display will be some of Bennett’s work as an illustrator, with original artwork for The Sunday Times, Private Eye and others.
BOOK LAUNCH
Pier Closing Time
At 3:00 pm on Saturday 1 April, Linden Hall Studio will be launching the third edition of Michael Bennett’s Pier Closing Time, with an introduction by the renowned newspaper columnist Danny Danziger.
Pier Closing Time, third edition: Buried, forgotten for 40 years, openly loathed at the time by its commissioner, Michael Bennett’s 1979 photographic journey through North Wales has been rescued, restored and is available now as a book in this third edition jointly published with Linden Hall Studio.
Images from the locally-disdained project were rediscovered and included in Seaside Photographed, The Turner Contemporary’s first-ever photo exhibition.
Mournful of a lost world, always ironic, Pier Closing Time was a bitter-sweet portrait of Welsh seaside resorts in and out of season.
